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Up." >> "i know "challenger" was a giant disaster for the space program. i want to wish the astronauts a good trip." >> "im sure everyone here is proud of you because youre very special, all of you." >> reporter: by launch time, the children now nervous with anticipation, gathered outside their school in the shadow of the kennedy space center. >> three, two, one, blastoff! >> reporter: as "discovery" painted a picture-perfect lift-off, children of challenger elementary formed one big pep rally. ...

Launching this website and mobile app which he hopes will allow tens of thousands of young people to bombard lawmakers with e-mails, faxes and phone calls. this is what is actually used? >> this is a wooden board or a paddle. and this is the kind of divisive choice. >> reporter: we went to the school superintendent with photos of paytons injuries to get answers. how could this happen? were doing a story about paddling in the school and were trying to find out whether you think that this is accep...

Hes putting up billboards and launching this website and mobile app which he hopes will allow tens of thousands of young people to bombard lawmakers with e-mails, faxes and phone calls. this is what is actually used? >> this is a wooden board or a paddle. and this is the kind of divisive choice. >> reporter: we went to the school superintendent with photos of paytons injuries to get answers. how could this happen? were doing a story about paddling in the school and were trying to find out whethe...

Welcome back, everyone. you might be surprised to know corporal punishment or the beating of children in school is actually still legal in some states. i think that will catch a lot of people by surprise. >> i had no idea, literally. last year alone, 200,000 children encountered corporal punishment while at school. as dan harris reports, some parents are now demanding an end to a practice they call child abuse. >> reporter: 13-year-old payton lewis is an honor student and an athlete, but payton ...

Makes me crazy. >> reporter: dan harris, abc news, rainsville, alabama. >> i think theres a lot of moms out there that probably feel the exact same way and are completely surprised to find out this can go down at school. >> seems like the parents would want control over whos physically touching any kind of way their child -- even folks in new mexico, that case moving there, a law gaining momentum. i think its eroding but shocking how many states in the southern half of the country -- >> its stil...

He made a bad grade. makes me crazy. >> reporter: dan harris, abc news, rainsville, alabama. >> i think theres a lot of moms out there that probably feel the exact same way and are completely surprised to find out this can go down at school. >> seems like the parents would want control over whos physically touching any kind of way their child -- even folks in new mexico, that case moving there, a law gaining momentum. i think its eroding but shocking how many states in the southern half of the c...

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